anyone remember their first ride on a chopper
19 January 2007, 07:57 PM
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anyone remember their first ride on a chopper
what bikes did everyone have way back in the 70's/80's
for those old enough to remember mine were
tomahawk with mag wheels
red chopper
raleigh burner bmx
skyway ta (if you remember this one
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for those old enough to remember mine were
tomahawk with mag wheels
red chopper
raleigh burner bmx
skyway ta (if you remember this one
)
19 January 2007, 08:01 PM
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I cant remember my first ride on my chopper (cue smutty joke about some girls remember 
), but I certainly remember my first fall from one !!
Mum used to be permanently picking out bits of tarmac out of my hands...
might have something to do with the fact that the chopper was angle forwards, what with the big wheel and small wheel and then that handy u shape in the handlebars ready for you to go flying through !!
), but I certainly remember my first fall from one !!Mum used to be permanently picking out bits of tarmac out of my hands...
might have something to do with the fact that the chopper was angle forwards, what with the big wheel and small wheel and then that handy u shape in the handlebars ready for you to go flying through !!
19 January 2007, 08:04 PM
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I had a Raleigh 'Commando' with selectable gears via the right hand grip
I modded it quite severly, mods were
hi grip tyres with white side wall
speedo (I swear I got up to 35 peddling down a hill in 3rd)
full set of battery powered hi beam lamps
playing card in the rear wheel spokes (modern equivalent to the dump valve)
I modded it quite severly, mods were
hi grip tyres with white side wall
speedo (I swear I got up to 35 peddling down a hill in 3rd)
full set of battery powered hi beam lamps
playing card in the rear wheel spokes (modern equivalent to the dump valve)
19 January 2007, 08:08 PM
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Yes, it was in Mongolia in an old Mil-Mi8 over forest fires, sitting on the fuel tanks and/or hanging out the passenger door taking photos. Rather cool actually.
19 January 2007, 08:11 PM
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I had a chopper. Full-on banana seat with huuuuuge sissy-bar thing. I distinctly remember the tyres had a red pinstripe on them. My other bikes were:
Raleigh Grifter
Team Murray BMX
Raleigh Grifter
Team Murray BMX
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19 January 2007, 08:17 PM
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I bought one for two quid of Clive Jones due to structurl issues, the seat tube post had broke its welds so we just painted it gold, still strong enough to t bone and bend a Mongoose BMX, Jonathan Nobbs finished it off by decking off it as it crossed a main road, guy in a Granada hit it and went over it, got out shaking and went to look for the kid he had just killed, couldnt find him, just a bent chpper bike under his brand new 2.8 i Ghia X !
19 January 2007, 09:10 PM
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red chopper 3 speed ? 
mus have been 1975 ? mate 10 doors down the block ...
my first introduction to some hardcore **** his stepdad salted anyway in the attic
it was the 70's
mus have been 1975 ? mate 10 doors down the block ...my first introduction to some hardcore **** his stepdad salted anyway in the attic
it was the 70's
19 January 2007, 09:30 PM
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Could hear frickin zero unless you shouted into a guy's eardrum though. I now laugh at all those films where you see people shouting from the ground to a chopper and the pilot responding
19 January 2007, 09:54 PM
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20 January 2007, 01:25 PM
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I had the Boxer. 
Smallest bike from the Grifter, Striker and Boxer range. Loved it.
My brother had a chopper, a couple of friends had a grifter and a tomahawk, then the BMX arrived I had the Raleigh Nightburner
Smallest bike from the Grifter, Striker and Boxer range. Loved it.
My brother had a chopper, a couple of friends had a grifter and a tomahawk, then the BMX arrived
I had the Raleigh Nightburner
20 January 2007, 01:57 PM
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I had a 'chipper' too at first, then once I was big enough I had a chopper, and sprayed it jade green
Mine had the different handlebars that came forward like an american chopper motorbike
then I had a commando, never got round to getting a grifter tho
Mine had the different handlebars that came forward like an american chopper motorbike
then I had a commando, never got round to getting a grifter tho
20 January 2007, 02:48 PM
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